What it sells
Software delivery built for machine scale.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedEngineering leads / CTOs at software teams.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
CI and Docker builds block developer productivity, now worsened by AI agents shipping code in parallel.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Replaces GitHub Actions runners, local Docker builds and caches with Depot remote builders, CI runners, registry and sandboxes.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Usage-based per-second billing; Astral claims up to 4.7x faster CI and a cost reduction versus GitHub larger runners.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Self-serve signup with 7-day trial plus Talk to Engineering for Business; case-study led.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2023 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.